Body of another militant recovered in Baramulla; 5 ultras killed: Army - watsupptoday.com

Body of another militant recovered in Baramulla; 5 ultras killed: Army

Posted 09 Aug 2018 12:08 PM

Agencies
Share 0

Srinagar: The body of a militant was recovered from an encounter site in the forests of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir today, taking the number of ultras killed in the operation since yesterday to five, the Army said here.

The body of one more militant was recovered this morning from the encounter site in the Ladoora forests in the Rafiabad area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, an Army official said.

He added that the number of militants killed in the operation so far had risen to five.

Four militants were killed in a gunbattle yesterday after security forces launched a search operation in the forest area on Monday, following information about the presence of militants there.

One soldier was also injured in the gunbattle.

Weapons and other war-like stores were recovered from the encounter site, the Army official said, adding that the search operation was going on.